P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2076
In compliance with the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, when the public safety so requires it, in cases such as war, invasion, insurrection, rebellion, riot, public disturbances or imminent danger thereof, or any other serious disturbance of the public law and order or safety, and in case the civil authorities cannot face the same, the Commander-in-Chief may issue a written order to the Adjutant General to mobilize those units of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico that are needed to maintain or reestablish public law and order and guarantee the safety of lives and properties. Said order shall clearly define all the details of the mission to be carried out.
The Commander-in-Chief may also issue a written order to the Adjutant General to mobilize those Military Forces of Puerto Rico that are needed in cases of disasters caused by nature, such as a hurricane, storm, flood, earthquake, fire and other causes of force majeure, and in the event that civil authorities are unable to face the same, to attend to the situation created by the disaster which has occurred.
In the situations consigned in the second paragraph of subsection (b) of § 2058 of this title, the Commander-In-Chief may issue a written order to the Adjutant General, authorizing and providing for the use of National Guard equipment, assets and personnel that are needed to attend to that situation.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 225; July 20, 1989, No. 28, p. 99, § 2.